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GOA Announces Fantasy Line-Up for GamesCom 2009
Company: GOA
Date: 07 Aug 2009
Paris, France – 6 August 2009. GOA, a leading European games publisher, today announced an exciting line-up of fantasy MMOs for exhibition at this year’s GamesCom in Cologne from 19-23 August. Cologne will play host to GamesCom 2009 for the first time, and over 200,000 people are expected to attend, making it the most significant gaming event in Europe.
League of Legends, the highly-anticipated online multiplayer session-based game, will be playable on GOA’s Public booth located in Hall 9.1 / Aisle A n° 041 and Aisle B n° 040. Twenty PCs will be available for networked gaming, ten of which will be used during the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) tournament which will run for four days culminating in the final on Saturday 22 August; this will provide the perfect opportunity for media and consumers to get hands-on with the most exciting free-to-play online game of 2009.
League of Legends will also be showcased at the Business Centre stand, located in Hall 4.2 / Aisle B n° 021 & Aisle C n° 020 with detailed Summoner system explanations and presentations of the game’s vast array of characters.
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be showcased in GOA’s Public booth with a special demo of the new live event dungeon, the Hunter’s Vale. Developed by Mythic Entertainment, a studio of Electronic Arts, Warhammer Online celebrates its 1-year anniversary this summer. GOA plans to commemorate this milestone with the launch of the live event, Wild Hunt. At GamesCom, the epic MMO will be presented to press by associate producer Josh Drescher and lead designer Paul Barnett at GOA’s Business Centre booth.
Warrior Epic and Mytheon will be shown in the Business Centre booth only. Demonstrations and interviews will be available for both games.
GOA’s Public booth will be stationed in Hall 9.1 / Aisle A n° 041 and Aisle B n° 040, while their Business Centre booth will be found in Hall 4.2 / Aisle B n° 021 & Aisle C n° 020. For more information on GOA’s activity at GamesCom 2009, please use the contact details below.
About GOA
GOA is the videogames department of Orange’s Content Division, and benefits from ten years’ experience in the management of massively multiplayer online role-playing games.
Forerunner of this activity in Europe, its teams combine expertise with a passion for games and take advantage of France Telecom’s technical platform to offer the best of online games to European players. GOA and the GOA logo are trademarks of Orange – Content Division.
About Riot Games, Inc.
Riot Games, Inc. (www.riotgames.com) is an independent Los Angeles-based video game development company, funded privately and through leading venture capital firms Benchmark and Firstmark. The studio was established in 2006 to develop innovative online next-generation titles for consoles and the PC. Comprised of industry veterans with a shared passion for creating fun, innovative gameplay, the company is currently developing League of Legends, which combines the best elements of the action role-playing and real-time strategy genres into a uniquely replayable and competitive multiplayer experience.
About Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm™! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the new MMORPG from Mythic Entertainment, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot™. Enter a grim fantasy world of perpetual conflict to fight for the Realms of Order (Dwarfs, High Elves, and Empire) or Destruction (Greenskins, Dark Elves, and Chaos). Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. Wield devastating magic and deadly weapons, battle monstrous creatures, and join your brothers-in-arms in epic Public Quests™. Climb the Bastion Stair, carry your Guild Banner into battle, and unlock the infinite secrets of the Tome of Knowledge as you travel the world. Sharpen your blade and unleash your inner mutation; the Age of Reckoning has begun and WAR IS EVERYWHERE!
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. . EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Mythic Entertainment, Dark Age of Camelot, Public Quests, and Realm vs. Realm are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Games Workshop, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning, and all associated marks, names, races, race insignia, characters, vehicles, locations, units, illustrations and images from the Warhammer world are either ®, ™ and/or © Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2009. Used under licence by Electronic Arts Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective licensors.
About True Games Interactive
Based in Orange County, California, True Games Interactive is an international multi-player online game publisher. It was founded by a core team of MMO industry veterans with extensive experience in publishing and operating online games. True Games brings new and innovative development ideas online, delivers them with a state-of-the-art game platform, and leverages micro-transaction revenue models. True Games Released its first game, Warrior Epic, (www.warriorepic.com) in Spring 2009. They are working with world-class publishers to licence existing online titles and world-class developers, including Petroglyph (www.Mytheongame.com), to create games exclusively for online play. UTV Software Communications Ltd (UTV), India's first integrated global media and entertainment company, holds a strategic stake in True Games Interactive.
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League of Legends, the highly-anticipated online multiplayer session-based game, will be playable on GOA’s Public booth located in Hall 9.1 / Aisle A n° 041 and Aisle B n° 040. Twenty PCs will be available for networked gaming, ten of which will be used during the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) tournament which will run for four days culminating in the final on Saturday 22 August; this will provide the perfect opportunity for media and consumers to get hands-on with the most exciting free-to-play online game of 2009.
League of Legends will also be showcased at the Business Centre stand, located in Hall 4.2 / Aisle B n° 021 & Aisle C n° 020 with detailed Summoner system explanations and presentations of the game’s vast array of characters.
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be showcased in GOA’s Public booth with a special demo of the new live event dungeon, the Hunter’s Vale. Developed by Mythic Entertainment, a studio of Electronic Arts, Warhammer Online celebrates its 1-year anniversary this summer. GOA plans to commemorate this milestone with the launch of the live event, Wild Hunt. At GamesCom, the epic MMO will be presented to press by associate producer Josh Drescher and lead designer Paul Barnett at GOA’s Business Centre booth.
Warrior Epic and Mytheon will be shown in the Business Centre booth only. Demonstrations and interviews will be available for both games.
GOA’s Public booth will be stationed in Hall 9.1 / Aisle A n° 041 and Aisle B n° 040, while their Business Centre booth will be found in Hall 4.2 / Aisle B n° 021 & Aisle C n° 020. For more information on GOA’s activity at GamesCom 2009, please use the contact details below.
About GOA
GOA is the videogames department of Orange’s Content Division, and benefits from ten years’ experience in the management of massively multiplayer online role-playing games.
Forerunner of this activity in Europe, its teams combine expertise with a passion for games and take advantage of France Telecom’s technical platform to offer the best of online games to European players. GOA and the GOA logo are trademarks of Orange – Content Division.
About Riot Games, Inc.
Riot Games, Inc. (www.riotgames.com) is an independent Los Angeles-based video game development company, funded privately and through leading venture capital firms Benchmark and Firstmark. The studio was established in 2006 to develop innovative online next-generation titles for consoles and the PC. Comprised of industry veterans with a shared passion for creating fun, innovative gameplay, the company is currently developing League of Legends, which combines the best elements of the action role-playing and real-time strategy genres into a uniquely replayable and competitive multiplayer experience.
About Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm™! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the new MMORPG from Mythic Entertainment, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot™. Enter a grim fantasy world of perpetual conflict to fight for the Realms of Order (Dwarfs, High Elves, and Empire) or Destruction (Greenskins, Dark Elves, and Chaos). Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. Wield devastating magic and deadly weapons, battle monstrous creatures, and join your brothers-in-arms in epic Public Quests™. Climb the Bastion Stair, carry your Guild Banner into battle, and unlock the infinite secrets of the Tome of Knowledge as you travel the world. Sharpen your blade and unleash your inner mutation; the Age of Reckoning has begun and WAR IS EVERYWHERE!
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. . EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Mythic Entertainment, Dark Age of Camelot, Public Quests, and Realm vs. Realm are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Games Workshop, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning, and all associated marks, names, races, race insignia, characters, vehicles, locations, units, illustrations and images from the Warhammer world are either ®, ™ and/or © Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2009. Used under licence by Electronic Arts Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective licensors.
About True Games Interactive
Based in Orange County, California, True Games Interactive is an international multi-player online game publisher. It was founded by a core team of MMO industry veterans with extensive experience in publishing and operating online games. True Games brings new and innovative development ideas online, delivers them with a state-of-the-art game platform, and leverages micro-transaction revenue models. True Games Released its first game, Warrior Epic, (www.warriorepic.com) in Spring 2009. They are working with world-class publishers to licence existing online titles and world-class developers, including Petroglyph (www.Mytheongame.com), to create games exclusively for online play. UTV Software Communications Ltd (UTV), India's first integrated global media and entertainment company, holds a strategic stake in True Games Interactive.
© Indigo Pearl Ltd 2008. This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain legally privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. All correspondence, attachments and agreements are subject to change and remain strictly subject to fully executed contract. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual sender except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Indigo Pearl or its clients.
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